{"id":214124,"date":"2026-05-14T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/how-ai-is-being-used-to-detect-wildfires-in-oregon\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:15:10","slug":"how-ai-is-being-used-to-detect-wildfires-in-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/how-ai-is-being-used-to-detect-wildfires-in-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI is being used to detect wildfires in Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/wildfire-season\/how-ai-is-being-used-to-detect-wildfire-in-oregon-technology-artificial-intelligence-cameras-protection-safety-monitoring-firefighters\">How AI is being used to detect wildfires in Oregon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/wildfire-season\/how-ai-is-being-used-to-detect-wildfire-in-oregon-technology-artificial-intelligence-cameras-protection-safety-monitoring-firefighters\">https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/wildfire-season\/how-ai-is-being-used-to-detect-wildfire-in-oregon-technology-artificial-intelligence-cameras-protection-safety-monitoring-firefighters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-14 19:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"katu.com\">katu.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oregon is employing advanced technology like AI-powered wildfire detection cameras to respond faster to fire starts.<\/li>\n<li>Portland General Electric (PGE) has installed nearly 40 AI-powered wildfire detection cameras across high-risk areas, enhancing initial attack times on detected fires.<\/li>\n<li>The AI algorithms in these cameras help distinguish between smoke and other natural phenomena, facilitating quicker fire crew responses.<\/li>\n<li>PacifiCorp uses 18 AI-powered Pano wildfire cameras and predictive weather modeling to monitor wildfire conditions, providing 360-degree views and threat assessments for infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Oregon\u2019s Department of Forestry (ODF) is introducing AI-augmented technology in a new multi-mission aircraft for smoke detection, lightning tracking, and infrared heat detection following lightning storms.<\/li>\n<li>These technologies aim to enhance early wildfire detection and response, crucial in the context of Oregon\u2019s heightened wildfire risks due to drought and dry conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How AI is being used to detect wildfires in Oregon https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/wildfire-season\/how-ai-is-being-used-to-detect-wildfire-in-oregon-technology-artificial-intelligence-cameras-protection-safety-monitoring-firefighters Publish Date: 2026-05-14 19:13:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214125,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/katu.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/1280\/1320\/center\/90\/73f5e789-c63f-457d-a509-d9bb03a65cc9-pkgAIWILDFIREDETECTION4P.transfer_frame_3677.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214126,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214124\/revisions\/214126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}